diff --git a/cj-btc-daemon-mn/build.gradle b/cj-btc-daemon-mn/build.gradle
index 3165924c4..15f47428c 100644
--- a/cj-btc-daemon-mn/build.gradle
+++ b/cj-btc-daemon-mn/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.0.6.RELEASE"
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "4.0.2"
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "4.0.4"
     id "application"
     id "net.ltgt.apt-eclipse" version "0.21"
     id "net.ltgt.apt-idea" version "0.21"
diff --git a/consensusj-jsonrpc-daemon/build.gradle b/consensusj-jsonrpc-daemon/build.gradle
index bf8c6639d..1da85fa10 100644
--- a/consensusj-jsonrpc-daemon/build.gradle
+++ b/consensusj-jsonrpc-daemon/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.0.6.RELEASE"
-    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "4.0.2"
+    id "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow" version "4.0.4"
     id "application"
     id "net.ltgt.apt-eclipse" version "0.21"
     id "net.ltgt.apt-idea" version "0.21"
diff --git a/gradle/bintray.gradle b/gradle/bintray.gradle
index 7acf4f8b5..b6612b67b 100644
--- a/gradle/bintray.gradle
+++ b/gradle/bintray.gradle
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@ allprojects {
     }
 
     artifacts {
-        archives sourceJar
-        archives javadocJar
+        // For some reason the next two lines need to be commented-out to work around
+        // an incompatibility between application and shadow plugin 4.0.4 that arises
+        // when trying to do a `gradle install`
+//        archives sourceJar
+//        archives javadocJar
     }
 
     publishing {